Singapore Prize 2024 Winners Announced

The Singapore prize is a prestigious award given to individuals and organizations that have demonstrated outstanding achievements. It is a way to give recognition for their efforts and encourage others to excel as well. The Singapore Prize was established in 1989 and is awarded to recognize achievements in the areas of innovation, culture, sports, environment, community development and business. The award is administered by the National Arts Council. It is a public prize that is open to all citizens and companies based in the country.

This year, the competition received more than 1,000 nominations from all over the world. The winners will be honoured during a special awards ceremony in Singapore. This will be hosted by Prince William and will feature finalists from around the world. Guests will be able to see the innovative solutions that have been shaped by the finalists.

The 2024 prize was open to books that explore any time period, theme or field of Singapore history. The judges also considered works that examine the Singaporean experience from a global perspective, but must have clear historical themes. The book’s author or co-author must be a citizen of Singapore. The work must be a book-length literary work written in English.

Marylyn Tan became the first female winner in the 28-year history of the Singapore Literature Prize, winning the English category for her debut collection Gaze Back, which tackles taboo subjects like menstruation and sexuality with a “clear-sighted, ruthlessly principled eye.” The Jury Panel described the book as a lyrical, unapologetic and arcane work that examines women’s lives with “remorseless precision”.

In the short film category, Thailand’s Thaweechok Phasom’s Spirits of the Black Leaves won Best Southeast Asian Film. Vietnam’s Dam Quang Trung won the Best Director and inaugural ARRI Award for Best Cinematography with his film Elephants by the Roadside. Singaporean animation filmmaker Calleen Koh won the Best Singapore Short Film for her film My Wonderful Life.

At the glitzy event, which was held at the state-owned Media Corp theatre, William donned a 10-year-old dark green blazer by Alexander McQueen, and the other presenters walked a red carpet that was actually a green one. The emcees were actors Hannah Waddingham and Sterling K. Brown. The bands Bastille and One Republic and the South African actress Nomzamo Mbatha performed on stage. The ceremony was presented by the Earthshot Week board, with former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as a trustee.

In addition to the prizes, a total of six Singapore Pools’ employees were recognised for their contributions to the organisation. They will be rewarded with the Singapore Pools’ Chairman’s Special Award and a cash prize of $200,000 each. The company is a not for profit operator of lottery and sports betting games in the country. It has generated funds for charity and has helped to combat illegal gambling activities. Its flagship product is Toto, which has a massive following in South Asia. In the future, it is expected to expand into online sports betting.

How to Use the Domino Effect in Your Writing

Dominoes are a type of tile that is used in a game of skill and chance. They are normally twice as long as they are wide and feature a line in the middle that divides them visually into two squared ends, each of which is marked with an arrangement of spots or “pips,” like those on a die. They may also be blank or identically patterned on both sides. The value of one side or the other is identified by its number of pips, and the sum of the values of both is called its rank or weight.

Dominoes can be arranged in various ways to create different patterns, such as straight lines, curved lines, and grids that form pictures when they fall. They can also be stacked to create 3D structures like towers and pyramids. Whether they are used in games of skill or chance, the simple act of tipping over a domino creates a chain reaction that is both exciting and satisfying to watch. The same principle can be applied to a novel plot, and learning how to use the Domino Effect in your writing will help you achieve the satisfying results you are seeking.

As a kid, you likely played with dominoes or watched others play them. You may even have seen the highly satisfying videos that show a long string of dominoes being tipped over one by one until they all end up revealing a giant artwork or portrait on the floor. While the process of knocking over dominoes is fun and exciting, it is not very productive. As a writer, you need to focus on getting your work done in small increments and build up momentum for the big payoffs at the end of the day.

You can apply the Domino Effect to your writing by treating each scene in your novel as a domino that you are setting up. Each scene should lead to the next in a sequence that leads to the final result you want your reader to experience at the end of your story. This means that every scene must be set up to build to a climax and then fall in order, just as a domino falls when it is tipped over from one end to the other.

The idiom “domino effect” was first coined by journalist Alsop in 1939. He was explaining how it only takes a single domino to tip over the whole row of them. The idea that one small trigger can initiate a larger series of events has spread to many aspects of our daily lives. For example, if your child wins an award in the school competition, that may spark a whole chain of other victories in their life, which can ultimately lead to success in the future.